Pulley.



' No. 827,'346, ,PATENTED JULY 31, 1906.

'3. A. BUBB.

PULLBY.

P PLIOATION FILED SEPT. 20. 14.905.. 'i

STATES" PATENT OFFICE.

e HARRY A. BUBnoF w1'LLIAMsPoR'r,V rENNsYLvANIA.

V PULLEY.

To all whom it may concern:

' Beit known that I HARRY A. BBB, a citi..

zen of the United States, residing atWilliamsort in the county of Lycoming and State of" This invention has relatlon to wheels-'such as band-pulleysfsprockets, bevel, miter, and

spur gears, sheaves, and any wheel used forV transmitting power from shafts-and more particularly to means for'fixing the-same von shafts and it contemplates the provision of a construction for holding a band-pulley or other wheel on a shaft by compressiomand this through the medium of a `bushin the thickness of which adapts it for use on s af-ts of various diameters.

This inventionJ will be' y from the following description and claims when takenfin connection with the accompa-v nying drawings, forming part of the specification, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of one side of a band-pulley embodying the construction constitutm the present and referred embodiment o? my lnvention'; Fig. 2, an elevation of the opposite side of thefpull%y; Fig. 3, a diametrical section of the same; ig. 4, an enlarged perspective view of the bushing ref, moved, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a modified bushing removed. n r

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawlngs, reerring to which-- A is a bandulley' which is illustrated as a type of Wheel t yat may-be fixed on a shaft in accordance with my invention.- The said pulley may be of cast-iron, pressed steel, wood, or other suitable vmaterial without involving a .departure from the scope of my invention and comprises a centra portion a., which may be connected with its rim l) through the medium of spokes c, as shown, or.

other means. In the said central portion ais a taper bore d-Ji. e., a bore gradually div lminished in diameter from one end to t-he other. This bore merges at its large end into `a chamber e, formed in one end vof the central portion a., andfrom" the said chamber extend bolt-holes f, which are grouped about or surround the taper bore d and merge into y countersinks g, formed in theo posite end of the vcentral chamber e. I -B is an eXteriorly-tapered bushing, of

portion a with re erence to the -I ySlzeeiication of Letters 'Patent l Applimttlon lmiv September d0. 1905. Serial No. 279.30.

ratntediuly 31.1906.

either ironv or steel, which is preferablyA split longitudinally, as indicated by h, and is arranged in the taper bore of the pulley or other wheel, as best shown in Fig. 3. C `1s an annular follower, kof either iron or steel, arrangedin thechamber e and against the large end of thebushing B; D D, bolts extending` through the follower C andthe holes in the wheel and 'having heads vdisposed 1n the countersinks g and also having threaded ends, and E E nuts mounted onthe threaded ends of the bolts. By turningl the said bolts through the medium of theiry heads in one direction orthe other the pulley may be readilyconvertedfrom a fast pulley into a loose pulley, and vice versa.

In the practical use of my invention the p .f parts are relatively arranged, as shown inv fully understood ig. 3, Aon a shaft whichEpasses through the bushing B and the nuts ,are turned up on the bolts D. When this is done, the annular follower C and the bushing B will be moved toward the right. In conse uence of this the bushing will be compressed etween the wall of the taper bore in the wheel and the shaft, with the result that the wheel will be securely Vfixed on the shaft.

It will be gathered from the foregoing that the thickness of the bushing makes the same 4adjustable to shafts of dierent diameters; also, that while the bushing is preferably made in the manner shown and described a tage when desired without involving a deksolid bushing 'may be employed to advan- -parture from the scope of my'invention. It

will further be observed by reference to the -drawings that my improvements are simple and compact and do not'add materially to the cost of a band-pulley or other wheel .to be fixed on a shaft.

The modified bushing shown in Fig. 5 differs from that shown in Figs. 1 to 4 in that it comprises two 'tapered sections B', having flangesl2 on their large ends and also having contiguous longitudinal edges h.

f1 Having thus fully described the invention, whatV I- claim,'jand desire to secure by Letters I '1. The combination of a wheel havin a central taper bore and also having a cham er ein one end in communication with the large end of the bore, an eXteriorly-tapered, split bushing occupying the bore of the wheel and adapted to Areceive a4 shaft, an annular follower arranged in the chamber e-of the wheel and againstthe large end of the bushing, and

' the bore, an annular the bore and also having bolt-holes grouped about the bore and terminating in countersinks located in the opposite end of the wheel, with reference to the chamber e; of an exteriorly-tapered and s lit bushing occupying ibllower arranged in the chamber 'e and against the large end of the bushing, bolts extending through the followers and the bolt-holes in the wheel and having heads dis osed in the countersinks of the wheel and a so having threaded ends, and

nuts mounted on the threaded ends of thel bolts and arranged against the follower.

I3. The combination with a wheel having a central taper bore and a 'chamber in one of its ends in communication with the large end of thebore, and also having bolt-holes grouped about the bore and terminating in countersinks Vlocated in the opposite end of the wheel, with reference to the chamber; of an exteriorly-tapered and split bushing occupying the bore, an annular `follower varranged in the chamber and against the large end of the bushing, bolts extending through the follower and the bolt-holes in the wheel and having threaded ends, and nuts mounted on said ends. y

In testimonyI whereof I afix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY A. BUBB. Witnesses: f

W.- L. SCHAEFER, D. J. HowE. 

